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Below are the award results from the Fall 2015 Texas Branch ASM meeting.  Congratulations to all that received awards!

AWARD RESULTS TEXAS ASM BRANCH FALL MEETING 2015 HUNTSVILLE, TX (SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY)

SE SULKIN ORAL PRESENTATION – Medical Microbiology
(Award Sponsor: Texas ASM Branch)
1st place – $100 – Kayla Bounds, Texas Tech University, Abdul Hamood
2nd place – $50 – Tetiana Hutchison, Southern Methodist University, Robert Harrod

OB WILLIAMS – ORAL PRESENTATION – General Microbiology
(Award Sponsor: Texas ASM Branch)
1st place – $100 – Marinelle Rodrigues, University of Texas at Dallas, Kelli Palmer
2nd place – $50 – Michael Francis, Texas A&M, Joe Sorg

Joan Abramowitz Award UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY POSTER PRESENTATION
(Award Sponsor: UT-Houston Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Graduate Program)
1st place – $100 – Luis Valencia, Texas A&M University, Sangeeta Khare
2nd place – $50 – Kyra Curtis, Baylor University, Diane Hartman

Joan Abramowitz Award UNDERGRADUATE MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY POSTER PRESENTATION
(Award Sponsor: UT-Houston Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Graduate Program)
1st place – $100 – Karthik Hullahalli, University of Texas at Dallas, Kelli Palmer
2nd place – $50 – Matthew Breuer, Sam Houston State University, Anne Gaillard
2nd place – $50 – Christina Koo, University of Texas at Arlington, Woo-Suk Chang

Sam Kaplan Award GRADUATE MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY POSTER PRESENTATION
(Award Sponsor: Texas ASM Branch)
1st place – $100 – Robert Fultz, Baylor College of Medicine, James Versalovic
2nd place – $50 – Akshaya Ravichandran, Texas A&M University, James Smith
3rd place – Cert – Hannah Adams, University of Texas at Dallas, Kelli Palmer

Sam Kaplan Award GRADUATE MEDICAL/ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY POSTER PRESENTATION
(Award Sponsor: Texas ASM Branch)
1st place – $100 – Pooja Bhardwaj, University of Texas At Dallas, Kelli Palmer
2nd place – $50 – Christina Morra, Baylor College of Medicine, James Versalovic
3rd place – Cert – Nymisha Avadhanam, University of Texas at Dallas, Juan González
3rd place – Cert – Mehul Jani, University of North Texas, Rajeev Azad

All presentation sessions were held at the following location:

University of Texas at Houston Medical School Building: 6431 Fannin, Houston, TX 770303

The Banquet and Keynote address (Friday evening) were held nearby:

The University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human Disease. (Referred to as the IMM)

A guided tour of NASA was arranged:
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Congratulations to our award winners:

UNDERGRAD MEDICAL
1st place John Pinard SHSU Todd Primm
2nd place Jaffar Altowaileb UTMB Jaffar Altoweilib

UNDERGRAD MOLECULAR
1st place Ardalan Sharifi UT-Dallas Kelli Palmer
2nd place Julie Heffler UH & UTHSC Kevein Morano

GRAD MOLECULAR
1st place Thieng Pham UH Anne Delour
2nd place Chelcy E Brumlow SHSU Todd Primm

GRAD GRAM-POS
1st place Chunxu Gao BCM Jim Versalovic
2nd place Austen Terwilliger BCM Anthony Marsso
Mention Michael Francis TAMU Joe Sorg

GRAD EUKARYOTIC
1st place Amy Ford UT-H Kevin Morano
2nd place Katie McCallum UT-H Danielle Garsin

GRAD GRAM-NEG
1st place Allie Clinton TxTech Kendra Rumbaugh
2nd place Sarah L. Schmidt UTMB Jere McBride

SE SULKIN

1st place M. Camila Montealegre UT-H Barbara Murray
2nd place Melissa Robinson UT-H Hung Ton-That

OB WILLIAMS
1st place Veronica M. Garcia UT-H Kevin Morano
2nd place Daniel P. Haarmann SHSU Aaron Lynne/Sibyl Bucheli

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